June 24, 2014

Nationally electricity averages 12.41 cents per kWh. I live in the Northwest and our electricity is relatively cheap here. The US Energy Information Administration has state level averages on electric costs. Note that these are just state level averages and your electric utility may charge more or less and your rates may vary depending on time of use or the amount of power you use.

Here's the list of all states for April 2014 :

Alabama

11.79

Alaska

19.03

Arizona

11.97

Arkansas

9.75

California

10.17

Colorado

12.19

Connecticut

19.87

Delaware

13.33

D.C.

13.16

Florida

11.76

Georgia

11.49

Hawaii

38.08

Idaho

9.55

Illinois

11.77

Indiana

11.9

Iowa

11.71

Kansas

12.62

Kentucky

10.72

Louisiana

10.12

Maine

15.38

Maryland

14.08

Massachusetts

18.19

Michigan

14.62

Minnesota

11.97

Mississippi

11.87

Missouri

10.55

Montana

9.98

Nebraska

10.14

Nevada

13.57

New Hampshire

17.54

New Jersey

15.72

New Mexico

11.82

New York

19.56

North Carolina

11.84

North Dakota

9.14

Ohio

12.4

Oklahoma

11.05

Oregon

10.37

Pennsylvania

13.12

Rhode Island

18.26

South Carolina

12.52

South Dakota

10.26

Tennessee

10.81

Texas

12.07

Utah

10.2

Vermont

18.07

Virginia

11.08

Washington

8.75

West Virginia

9.56

Wisconsin

13.77

Wyoming

10.24

The 5 cheapest states are :

Washington

8.75

North Dakota

9.14

Idaho

9.55

West Virginia

9.56

Arkansas

9.75

And the 5 most expensive are :

Hawaii

38.08

Connecticut

19.87

New York

19.56

Alaska

19.03

Rhode Island

18.26

Electricity is cheap in the Northwest due to large hydroelectric power installations such as Grand Coulee Dam. Hawaii and Alaska have expensive power due to their remote locations and having to rely more on fossil fuels to generate electricity.

Now since I've got the numbers from 2011 and the newer 2014 numbers we can compare the changes. Based on a 3 year period the compound annual growth of rates for each state are :

Alabama

2%

Alaska

3%

Arizona

3%

Arkansas

3%

California

-11%

Colorado

3%

Connecticut

3%

Delaware

-2%

District of Columbia

0%

Florida

0%

Georgia

2%

Hawaii

5%

Idaho

7%

Illinois

0%

Indiana

4%

Iowa

4%

Kansas

6%

Kentucky

5%

Louisiana

4%

Maine

0%

Maryland

0%

Massachusetts

8%

Michigan

5%

Minnesota

3%

Mississippi

3%

Missouri

4%

Montana

2%

Nebraska

4%

Nevada

4%

New Hampshire

2%

New Jersey

-1%

New Mexico

4%

New York

4%

North Carolina

4%

North Dakota

3%

Ohio

3%

Oklahoma

3%

Oregon

3%

Pennsylvania

-1%

Rhode Island

4%

South Carolina

3%

South Dakota

5%

Tennessee

3%

Texas

2%

Utah

6%

Vermont

3%

Virginia

2%

Washington

2%

West Virginia

0%

Wisconsin

2%

Wyoming

5%

The largest increases:

Massachusetts

8%

Idaho

7%

Utah

6%

Kansas

6%

Michigan

5%

And the smallest increases (which are actually decreases) :

California

-11%

Delaware

-2%

New Jersey

-1%

Pennsylvania

-1%

Illinois

-0.37%

So thats interesting that the rates dropped so much in California. I haven't dug into that enough to find out why its down but I suspect its due to lower natural gas prices. This report THE FUTURE OF ELECTRICITY PRICES IN CALIFORNIA points out that natural gas accounts for 60% of local CA electricity production and gas prices have been down in recent years.
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